New Archaeological Discovery Challenges Bible Skeptics 

The Lord is providing abundant reason to believe. The problem is never the evidence. The problem is the heart of man and its faithlessness.

The Bible is Satan's book no matter the date.

Could you direct me to a beginner's level presentation of some of this evidence, please?

Thank you. I have been working to learn more about the dating in this era. Can you tell me what the later date is (or its range) so I can know what not to waste my time on?

But that's not true. There is evidence for the exodus, if you assume the late date. Also, in what sense are late-date exodus scholars 'sceptical'? Sceptical of what? Certainly it's true that not all late-date exodus advocates are christian; but that's also true of early-date advocates: look at David Rohl for example. Both early- and late- date advocates have sceptics and non-sceptics within them.

What did you see that made the OT valid?

lol. You said "I couldn’t agree with this podcast more. Go. See. Learn. The evidence for the Old and New Testament’s validity are everywhere.. . " At first I was, like . . . WHAT!!!!!. 'couldn't agree. .' But I'd missed the defining 'more'.

@@bjohnson2143 is English your second language? The phrase “couldn’t agree more” means you agree.

@@sarahjesusisgod An interesting, though a bit confusing, question. I do understand that the phrase "couldn't agree more" means you agree. But if you look back at what the person said, they didn't say that. If they had, it would have been immediately obvious to me what they meant. They actually put the word "more" at the end of the sentence. That's why I said "at first" I thought they didn't agree. But then I saw "more" at the end of the sentence and realized the person WAS in agreement. I was actually making fun at myself for jumping the gun and thinking one thing and then a fraction of a second understanding what they actually were saying. I can't see my exact words, but I think they were " . . .at first I thought". In case you don't understand(and I am not saying you dont) that means that in the begining of my thought process I thought one thing, but subsequently I changed what I thought. But assuming you just misunderstood what I had said thank you for trying to educate me. I'm 70, but not too old or too proud to be corrected and learn something new.

@@bjohnson2143 I guess I just misread your comment sorry. I hope I didn’t sound rude.

Hebrews 11:1 ❗️

Faith is supported by evidence.Testable, repeatable, reliable evidence. The evidence offered is a collection of ancient stories written by unknown authors about their personal experiences none of which were recorded on digital media that could be experienced directly by everyone. Now would be the right time for God to make this happen.

@@JamesRichardWiley Authors are not unknown that is just a blatant lie. You can continue to try and blind yourself but one day you’ll have to accept the existence of God.

@@reecetrahan6169 - Many assigned authors in the bible are not those who wrote the stories down and there are many supposed extra-biblical proofs that are outright forgeries. However, it is not necessary to debate whether someone was the original author. Take for example Exodus. There is a smattering of desperate attempts to link small amounts of information to jump to the irrational decision something is true while ignoring the questions that would lead to either an acceptance or rejection of the stories. Take the biblical story of the Exodus. How real would the author's presentation be if you asked these questions: • How many male slaves were supposedly involved in the diaspora of Exodus according to the bible? • How many additional wives, children, elderly, other family plus animals were there? • What is the distance from the alleged point of disembarkation to the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • What speed are physically fit U.S. soldiers trained to march at? • What is the designated width for a single lane on a U.S. Interstate highway? • What is the width of the oldest known paved road that was found in Egypt? • What is the average shoulder width of a male? • What would the width of a row of 10 males be given 6 inches of separation of each shoulder between row members? • Assuming a row of 10 across, separated by one yard per row, how many miles would a column of 600,000 male slaves extend? • Assuming an average of 3 additional members in the families of each male slave, how much additional length would be added to the diaspora column? • Assuming two domestic animals per household that would fit into the 10 row across scenario, how much additional length would be added to the column? • At the marching rate of a U.S. soldier, without sleep, rest periods and no stops for meals, how long would it take for the first row to reach the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • The last row? • What is the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • Is the current Red Sea bottom shallow and smooth from shore to shore? • What effect would mud have on marching speed from a recently parted sea on a column of 60,000 rows assuming no other physical barriers? • Assuming no barriers or muddy conditions how long would it take for the first row to cross the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • The last row? • If, as the bible indicates, the Egyptian chariots caught up to the Jews at the Red Sea, how long would the Egyptians then have to miraculously wait for the last row of Jews to begin crossing the Red Sea so that the "lord" could drown them?

@@douglasrasmussen480 Bro this is ridiculous. I’m confused why you are trying to take away my faith, you have nothing to gain from it. Please spend your time trying to debunk a more important subject that there is more information on like the resurrection of Jesus. If you can prove Jesus was not resurrected, then you can go ahead and claim The Bible is unreliable; until then, I’ll pray that you find Jesus.

That's so interesting, can you explain why that particular segment of Scripture led you to Christ? (as it isn't your typical piece of Scripture that leads to salvation, so I'm very curious!) Blessings!

@@goudagirl6095 As I was a liar cheat robber heavy drug user etc. When I read King David had Uriah killed because Bathsheba got pregnant by David I was shocked because God clearly loved David and forgave him and so I thought if God can forgive David for this outright evil act then maybe he could forgive me so I asked god and he did. 39 years a Christian now not perfect but I love Jesus and still amazed he chose me to follow him. GOD BLESS.

There's no such thing as being born again! The Lord G-d of Israel is the ONLY Saviour. Isaiah 43:10-11 We all die for our own sins as there is NO substitutionary death. Deuteronomy 24:16

@@mordechaileviyitzchak6738 well if you’re only using the Old Testament I guess your statement would be true - thankfully, Jesus died for our sins - read the New Testament!

@@mordechaileviyitzchak6738 You have to be born again of the Holy Spirit.The Law never saved anyone but was only ever partially substitutionary and God took no pleasure in the blood of bulls and goats, but mercy he desired, righteousness was always by faith [ Abraham ] in the one who fulfilled the Law Jesus the Lion of the tribe of Judah our permanent substitution.

Have you watched The Chosen?

@@amjgholson The Chosen is a movie made by the Mormons, so if you watch it, you need to know that some of it is probably far from the truth.

@@conniesimon6305 actually it's made by people of different denominations. They go by the KJ Bible. Dallas even says it doesn't replace the bible and you should read your Bible everyday. There are videos of himself stating this. His father wrote the Left Behind series. I actually start reading my Bible again after not doing so for over twenty five years because of this series. Shalom

‘Seek & u will find, knock & the door will be opened to u’.

I'm a little bit familiar with the ministry you cited. I guess the one thing I disagree is their teaching that Jews n believers at large are two different ppl. They emphasize Jew n Gentile to the detriment of God's Word. Scripture teaches that once we become adopted by faith we become full-fledged citizens. We are under one covenant n responsibilities before God .

So I'm Jewish and absolutely disagree with your statement, altho i've never even heard of that ministry or these two people on the video. But Jews definitely have different obligations than Gentiles, even according to your own scriptures. There are many examples but i'll use a couple that most are familiar with: circumcision and keeping Shabbat, keeping kosher. The new testament specifically states that gentiles don't have to be circumcised, can eat pork etc. Jews are never supposed to eat these things, and always have to be circumcised and observe Shabbat. The Torah says these are to be kept for ALL TIME. So you guys don't have to do these things as Gentiles according to your own scriptures, but Jews do according to Torah, which most Christians say is scripture too. So according to both scriptures, Jews and Gentiles have different obligations. God never made the covenant in Torah with you guys so you aren't bound to it. He made the covenant with us for all time and so we are obligated to keep it. As Jesus did, btw, because he was Jewish

The veil was the truth. Now you are into make believe. Enjoy the game.

It was the complete opposite for me I look for the humanity & pass on the miracles/supernatural stuff.

I believe both the truth AND the power of scripture. I've seen many miracles as a result. Wonderful life, but filled with persecutions.

@@JamesRichardWiley as you make believe 'who you were during Jesus' time' lmao. ok.

One of the great mysteries of Christian apologists is the chest thumping that occurs when a referenced biblical site is discovered by archaeologists, but the extended silence and ignoring that occurs when archaeology and other disciplines disprove biblical accounts. That is abject self-inflicted delusion. Let's consider the topic and hand and provide me with a good apologetic for what follows: The highly flawed original or revised chronologies of the Exodus simply do not stand when apologists are asked to provide solid, significant and substantiated non-biblical evidence. At best, they can provide lots of coulda’s and coincidences. However, for now, consider simple logistics: geology; oceanography; physical capacity and physics to highlight the impossibility of the biblical account of Exodus. Ignore all of the wives, children, animals and household goods that would have been part of the putative diaspora and just focus on the biblically recorded 600,000 male “slaves”. The account of Exodus implies these slaves were in one highly concentrated locale and mustered all escape logistics nearly overnight. Egypt has no records of a massive population of slaves, but the Old Testament alleges there was. The biblical assertion Egypt had large numbers of Jewish slaves would also suggest these slaves would have been widely distributed in many parts of Egypt. Without modern communication it is incredulous that a coordinated diaspora could have occurred in such rapid fashion as suggested in the bible. However, for the moment allow for the aggregation of 600,000 slaves in a concentrated area for the diaspora. The designated lane width on a U.S. Interstate highway is 12 feet X’s 2 or 24 feet. Reason says any roadway in Egypt at that time frame would be significantly less. But, assume a row of 10 slaves across (25 feet) and 60,000 total rows (600,000/10) separated by a yard that never varied due to narrow paths, obstructions, etc., this line would extend 102 miles (Increase that by a factor of 4 if families and animals are included). To get to the Red Sea point of the alleged crossing of the fleeing slaves, they would have needed to march approximately 800 miles with speed. The U.S. military trains physically fit soldiers to march at a rate of 3.4 mph. To travel 800 miles at that continuous optimum pace (no food, no sleep, no rest breaks) those in the Exodus would need 235 hours (6 days) for the first row to reach the crossing point of the Red Sea and an additional 347 hours for the last row to cross. The bible says the Chariots of the Egyptian Pharaoh overtook the Jews at the Red Sea and many in the diaspora allegedly panicked. They were purportedly assured by the biblically assumed Moses that god would save them and the myth of the parting of Red Sea became entrenched in Jewish and Christian religious lore. What is not pointed out in the bible is that the narrowest point of the Red Sea is approximately 18 miles across. Continuing the assumption these “slaves” matched the marching rate of modern trained soldiers, at the 10 across row, it would have taken the Exodus another 5+ hours to cross the Red Sea for the first row. At 102 miles for the 10 across column 600 long, the last row would have crossed 347 hours (15 days) later! Applying the dizzying logic of Christian apologists, we will assume “god” paved the floor of the Red Sea absolutely flat and dry to achieve optimum marching speed. (Remember, according to apologetic logic if something isn’t mentioned it could be true). In actuality, the sea bed at some points of the narrowest crossing of the Red Sea is hundreds of meters deep with steep cliffs and coral drop offs that would have been in the path of the fleeing Jews - definitely requiring far more than 352 hours for the entirety of the diaspora to cross! After an aggressive pursuit of the Jews to the edge of the Red Sea by the Pharaoh’s chariots, it is ludicrous to believe the Egyptians would then stop and wait at least 357+ 5 hours for the Jews to cross so that god could drown them and leave the Jews untouched! The Christian apologist “coulda’s” with obscure speculations and snippets of obtuse references fall definitively flat when only basic facts from the biblical account of the Jewish diaspora reveal its impossibility.

What translation?

You might have been a member of an ancient Hebrew tribe living on the Sinai Peninsula. Maybe that's why I don't care about the Bible stories because I was a philosophy teacher in Greece when Jesus was choosing his apostles.

@@JamesRichardWiley I was Jesus

I read through a disciple's eyes and walk in the same miraculous that the apostles did.

@@JamesRichardWiley lol good one!

I listened to some of RC's beliefs on his you tube videos. I don't know how this man is able to appear normal while juggling his thoughts between reality and make believe.

So, what you are saying is that you are gullible, and willing to believe any complete bullshit that you are told, without attempting to fact check any of it, as long as it agrees with your christian fantasy stories.

My favorite book of the Bible was the one with all the begets. My next favorite was Yahweh instructions to the Hebrew tribes on how to properly worship him which goes on for page after page. What a guy.

@@JamesRichardWiley My favourite part is the preface, that they never include. That's where it says, "Any implication that these fantasy stories are real, is purely coincidental".

@@jusfugly ah yes, the skeptic. Well, we all have our fantasies don’t we? You know the one where everything came into being out of nothing. Yeah, that one, it’s mah favorite. Ex nihilo, nihil fit.

@@patriciamccool5243 Skepticism is not a fantasy, like your baseless religious beliefs. Without skepticism, we would never fact check anything, and would immediately accept any made up shit that we're told. Something coming from nothing has nothing to do with skeptisism or being an atheist. An atheist is a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or gods, due to a lack of evidence. If you make the statement, "You are an atheist, therefore your believe..............", No mater how you end the sentence renders it a false statement. Atheists have many different views on many different subjects. There is one and only only one thing, that we all have in common, and that is that is the fact that we don't believe in the existence of a god or gods, due to a lack of evidence. As for your something coming from nothing. You believe that something came from nothing because your imaginary friend wished for it. Of course you, a a little short on detail of how it was supposedly done, and you have zero evidence to back your claim.

Why aren't archaeologists all christians if "Biblical archaeology" was legitimate?

That's funny. God gave me a brain to find out that the word "God" appears in the pages of an ancient Hebrew book having always existed outside time and space, but remains unknown and unseen. I like it.

@@JamesRichardWiley Space isn't even a concept to ancient people. They had no idea outer space was there at all.

Love this! Indeed, God gave us brains to "come let us reason together." If we would only get out of our own way, and stop tripping over our own feet, allowing _things_ to get in the way of the truth! And oh, I used to go to/belong to Prestonwood church years ago when I first was saved, great church, I learned SO much there.

The same find may give rise to different interpretations depending on the worldview of the archeologist

he wrongly holds to tithing / 10 pc to pastor

Apologetics is where mere mortals help by explaining what Jesus really meant.

@@kevinkelly2162 that's ok. Even without Apologetics, in my heart, I know who Jesus is. He is my Savior and Redeemer; my source of ALL! 🙏🙏

@@kevinkelly2162 every theist/Christian is an apologetic; you find some use it as a title, hidden message, 'i have a religious title, i am of great learning, i am above you'

@@pjo2386 I prefer the term Godsplainer.

I’m excited to see that you have watched some of Ron Wyatt‘s discoveries. I don’t know why but I really believe that he found what he said he did. I do know when they find the ark of the covenant we’re gonna be real close to the end times

Just a comment.. if he's going to say it's a hoax, he needs to give a detailed example of why. Many of us have seen the underwater video footage. His comment about them being museums all over the world is poor, at best. I could spend the next hour typing about Smithsonian coverups, that were legitimate materials that didn't fit the narrative. Coverup of humans under layers of granite/marble, because it didn't fit the narrative.. on and on.

I was surprised also about him calling it a hoax. Then I thought of Ron Wyatt (a great archeologist) and noticed that Mr Johnston didn’t even mention him at all. Sad. Btw, I’d like to hear his take on the Shroud of Turin- which I truly believe in (thanks in part of course to RU-vid VIDEOS!)

@@4thegloryofthelord My cousin and I are huge shroud of Turin believers . Yes I’m glad you obey too. I always revert back to the story of Jonah whenever I think of not listening to God

The chariot wheels a hoax? Meaning ron wyatts videos are fake……explain that !

Is Elohim referring to a God, not necessarily the one true God but any God? I know many have used Elohim to speak of God our Father but I believe that is incorrect. Can you expound on this?

@@TheseSignsShallFollow well before we read any English translation, we must first look up its originally meaning in its entirety rather than just one word or else we will be lost in the sauce of dogma. There are MANY definitons for the word "god". Here is the strongs exhaustive definition for the word God/elohim/h430 (hebrew number 430) and it is the plural of hebrew word "eloah" or hebrew number h433..... אלהים 'ĕlôhı̂ym el-o-heem' Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative KJV Usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. As we can see that it says "gods" OF the" supreme God" . The word "of" is very important. It also says it's used in the plural which is very important to grasp but that's another teaching. At the end it says "sometimes used as a superlative". Well that's exactly how everybody in the modern church assumes it is to be used and that's how they translate it in their minds whenever they just see the English word "god" which is totally not correct. It basically means angels when it is not used as a superlative . Now. What you need to wonder is why did Jesus in john 10 34 quotes psalm 82 6. Welcome to the beginning of the Riddle of ages and the unrolled scroll my sister. Blessings.

@@awakenyisrael interesting. Thank you for the versus too; I did like them up. I still can’t make the connection of why Jesus would quote this but if you can expound I would greatly appreciate it! I’m also reading the unseen realm and find the knowledge of our Father God having a committee of “sons of God” mind blowing! That is why I somewhat understood your comments - but many have no knowledge of this at all. I’m only beginning to understand. Why do you think this is not taught in churches?

@@TheseSignsShallFollow is that a Michael heiser viewpoint? I think he is a very intelligent man however I believe him to be waaaaay off the mark here.

@@TheseSignsShallFollow let me ask you this, do you think being "created" in the "image" of Elohim is a good thing?

This whole thing started In The Beginning.🍎 Abrahamic Accords were effective until the biggest electoral fraud in history was perpetrated. Absolutely nothing wrong with postponing the Enemy. It allowed more people to find Jesus😊 We know the signs of the Times and the Times of the signs. The Lord never intends for us to tuck tail and run. We are to persevere in the Spiritual battle until Jesus comes to take His bride. We shall return with Him for the millennial reign, having conquered Evil, and see the awakening of the Tribulation saints. We shall see the New Heaven and New Earth. And so it shall be for eternity.

@@howlingwaters2741 Amen!

@@howlingwaters2741 And the dragon gave him his power, seat, and great authority. Voting machines? Made in China. Memories and chips for machines? Made in China. Covid? They say made in China. 31 million as a gift to ol Jo? Came from China. Sanctions released by ol jo? for China. Watch out for china. I am.

The Bible itself is a prophetic river. There is nothing new under the sun, it's all been done, and in these times, it shows us again. We are in the red sea moment of change and deliverance. God will do something spectacular we haven't seen yet, and all these naysayers saying there is no God are soon going to be bowing in shame, or shock, because they will find out first hand that He exists. He loves everyone so very much. People only need to awaken to see it.

@@cygna1237 We are very close to the time of trouble. "In your patience, possess ye your souls."

Ron Wyatt also found:The Ark of the Covenant, the crucifixion site of Jesus including blood samples of Jesus himself, the the remains of the Ark of Noah… and lots of other nonsense. In short… he was a con artist.

This was so many years ago. He also showed alot of footage of the cities of the plain near the Dead Sea. --Obvious city formations covered in ash and white sulphur balls. Ron Wyatt is his name.

@@ramigilneas9274 Enough of a witness that many people followed up on Ron's findings; the Saudi government spent money fencing off the Jabel Lawz site, a Norwegian film-maker thought to capitalize on the Red Sea findings, the Israeli government sent people to re-erect the column on the Nuweiba beach site; the Israeli antiquities extracted the amphora, and the Dead Sea site is now a standard tourist location, even though a "professional" archaeologist is STILL looking for the Cities of the Plain elsewhere! ; ) MANY explorers have checked out the Mount Sinai location. Sorry, sarcasm is worth just what YOU can get out of it, but untold millions know better. All of us will give an account for EVERY WORD we say in regard to the Kingdom of God. He is NOT a man that He should repent.

@@grace77555 Ron Wyatt was his name, and lying was his game. Also claimed to have the 10 Commandments and Noah's wife's jewelry.

I saw the episode on Noah. It showed the suspected tombs, but I remember the one believed to be Noah's wife had evidently been vandalized long before the discovery.. Idk.. I guess I'm slow to label people. The videos were compelling to me... They encouraged my faith, but nothing like Isaiah 53 and other prophetic scriptures enlighted me. The Bible is truly amazing. And I prefer to leave it there.

Awesome! Noted! Thanks, putting mine on order today!

What's the name of the the archaeological Bible please?

Ray doesn't believe in science or evolution. However he does believe an angry and jealous god drowned little children and baby animals and plants when he flooded the earth.

Stay away from New versions of the Bibles if you are looking for the truth New Bibles have been altered in various places to change the meaning of things in various passages sometimes in a very small and seemingly insignificant way but has a very massive impact on the truth and changes what is written For example Revelation 13:16 (Old KJV) "16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:" Revelation 13:16 (NKJV) "16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, " Revelation 13:16 (NIV) "16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, " As You can clearly see the word has been changed from IN to ON which might seem insignificant but has a massive impact on whether or not people will accept what the Bible mentions not to accept due to that one small change in newer Bibles New Versions of the Bible have been altered to make people lose their way and to lead people astray from the truth

Love my Ray Comfort Evidences Bible. 😴

Yes With the index event of Solomons Reign (970BC) and Temple Building (966BC) and the fact it was 480yrs post-Egypt, the range of 1450-1440 B.C. emerges. - His initial quest led to disappointment as he was introduced to the most popular theory regarding the date of the Exodus, which is the time of Ramesses II (13th century B.C.). As the film points out, one of the bases for this proposal is Exodus 1:11, which mentions that the Israelites built the city of Ramesses. Mahoney, along with such scholars as David Rohl, Bryant Wood, and John J. Bimson,would contend for an earlier date of around 1450 B.C., which is traditionally the date accepted by some evangelical scholars. Caveat: The earlier date does not appear to be early enough. The pattens of evidence that Mahoney discusses take one back into the period known in Egypt as the Middle Kingdom, and this is a full 200 years earlier than the 1450 B.C. date. The current chronology that is used, not only creates problems for the biblical account, but it also requires gaps of time to be inserted into the chronologies of other ancient nations in order to make them synchronize with Egyptian history.

Yes, especially since according to the oral Torah it is stated that God himself said that he never used the four-letter name with Abraham, Isaac or Jacob. With them he would only use the name "El-Shaddai". The four-letter name [ which means "He was; He is; and He will be ] was only used from Moses and onwards.

Pray for her-she needs to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. It is likely that she had some sort of false conversion experience and does not really know the Lord.

If Jesus is God and God is the omnipotent author of the Gospel why does it take so much effort to try and prove it?

@@JamesRichardWiley God’s ways are way above ours. It may take some people more time or more ‘evidence’ to come to the truth. Either way it is not in our hands to decide how others arrive at salvation. It is always a victory when one does come to the truth of the gospel whenever or however that may be. Most believers also understand that although God doesn’t ‘need’ us to do this hard work, it can be used to bring God glory and that is also something to be joyful about.

Nope, sorry. The circumstances of the announcement of the inscription is highly suspicious. The researchers made the first public announcement about their supposed discovery at a press conference without having published anything about it in any kind of scholarly or peer-reviewed journal. This means that the wider community of Biblical scholars and archaeologists did not have any chance to review the researchers’ claims about the alleged discovery before those claims became published as news. The researchers have also for some reason chosen not to show any of the actual tomographic scans that they supposedly used to draw their conclusion about the existence of the inscription. This means that they have presented absolutely no hard evidence to support any of their claims about the inscription. The only evidence that is currently public is what the researchers themselves have asserted. There is no clear, publicly available evidence that the tablet even contains any inscription at all, let alone one that says what the researchers claim it says. It is entirely possible that the “inscription” may be nothing more than the pareidolic perception of researchers overzealously committed to finding supposed “proof” that the Bible is historically accurate anywhere they can.

Yes,u highly recommend that movie as well. Two main principles stuck out to me: how a Christian's faith in the Bible can be destroyed by many if the so-called " Sciences", and the " evidence " May not be as important as how one INTERPRETS the evidence!

@@steveharris9610 - Nope, sorry. The circumstances of the announcement of the inscription is highly suspicious. The researchers made the first public announcement about their supposed discovery at a press conference without having published anything about it in any kind of scholarly or peer-reviewed journal. This means that the wider community of Biblical scholars and archaeologists did not have any chance to review the researchers’ claims about the alleged discovery before those claims became published as news. The researchers have also for some reason chosen not to show any of the actual tomographic scans that they supposedly used to draw their conclusion about the existence of the inscription. This means that they have presented absolutely no hard evidence to support any of their claims about the inscription. The only evidence that is currently public is what the researchers themselves have asserted. There is no clear, publicly available evidence that the tablet even contains any inscription at all, let alone one that says what the researchers claim it says. It is entirely possible that the “inscription” may be nothing more than the pareidolic perception of researchers overzealously committed to finding supposed “proof” that the Bible is historically accurate anywhere they can.

I prefer rather Inspiring Philosophies approaxmch with a later Exodus date (ca 1250). It seems to fit the data better

Blah Blah Blah. So friggin' boring. When are people going to realize that apologetics NEVER compels anybody to trust in God or develop a deeper more loving devotion. The only one's interested in apologetics is already believing evangelicals. LOVE wins people to God's love... not persuasion. Besides, this evangelical "scholar" could be fiercely challenged by other scholarly archeologists. This is just fundamentalism in search of "reasons & answers" spun in their favor. There is not real intellectualism here, or actual spirituality - just christianISM.

@@newchristianity3895 are you trying to persuade me that LOVE wins people to God’s love 😉 Why do you see apologetics and the love of God in opposition to each other? After all, apologetics argue for the love of God.

@@redemption-leadership - Thanks Mark. Good question. It's because I have been around evangelicalism ministry for 30 years, as an evangelist and discipler... and I have NEVER seen anybody compel to trust in God because of it. Evangelical ONLY get interested in it after. WERE YOU WON TO FAITH BECAUSE SOME BIBLICIST MADE SENSICAL REASON FOR INERRANCY AND SOME ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG?

@@newchristianity3895 Good point as well. Are you in the USA? My wife and I had a simultaneous Damascus Road experience back in 1984, so we were saved through an experience of God. Having said that, I have found apologetics a really helpful tool for my own faith, as our experience was entirely subjective, as well as a way to bring non believers to consider Jesus more seriously. The reason I asked about where you live is, I have some American Evangelicalism to be a bit harsh and a kind of veiled imperialism. For me, the combination of the love, power and reality allows for sighted faith that leads to genuine transformation. Go well my friend.

@@newchristianity3895 When are you going to realize, that just because you sneak around commenting comments- the taint is obvious!

"Sadly the OT is being ignored"..... Actually, a certain mega "seeker-church" pastor has even dismissed it......Andy Stanley, son of Dr. Charles Stanley, pompously directed his Atlanta flock and TV audience to "unhitch from the Old Testament."

Kathy Gifford has a book about her travels with a Rabbi, gave my copy to a friend. If you are not able to travel to Israel, this book is wonderful

@Rocket Eighty Seven My spiritual eyes were opened at this spot where Yeshua asked Peter this question. So many things came together for me and I cried and cried and cried. All the inherited lies with paganism as the backdrop will only be revealed if one asks and seeks The Most High. I chose to let the traditions of man go and learn the TRUTH of our Messiah and our Abba and His Appointed Feast days I am so glad I did. Blessings!

What's the Pilate stone? I recall reading correspondence supposedly between Pilate and other governors (essentially calling jesus out as kind of buffoonish, yet still a threat to be dealt with), but I don't recall the medium it was saved in.

You're correct. I stood right in front of it and took a photo. It's identical to the original. Clearly says, "Pilate".

"The Pilate stone is a damaged block of carved limestone with a partially intact inscription attributed to, and mentioning, Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman province of Judea from AD 26 to 36. It was discovered at the archaeological site of Caesarea Maritima in 1961." Wikipedia Pontius Pilate served as the prefect of Judaea from 26 to 36 A.D. He convicted Jesus of treason and declared that Jesus thought himself King of the Jews, and had Jesus crucified. The Pilate stone mentions Pilate but not Yeshua.

Hello Sonia how are you doing?

Why is this guy just now talking about the tablet, it was found months ago and I still have seen zero updated news about it, I'm just wondering what's the deal with the tablet?

Two names scribbled on parchment is proof of nothing.... except someone wrote names down.

@@sunnibird funny... All I heard there is "blah, blah, blah, I can't detect truth" and that bodes very ill for your eternity. Better seek Jesus!!!

@@sunnibird if 100 yrs from now, someone found your name scribbled on something...would it mean anything? To a creature having less cognitive ability than a regular human it would probably mean nothing.

@@geoffschnoogs6888 your comment is embarrassingly inaccurate. Seriously. Do some research. Tons of historical writings even from other religions prove it.

The highly flawed original or revised chronologies of the Exodus simply do not stand when apologists are asked to provide solid, significant and substantiated non-biblical evidence. At best, they can provide lots of coulda’s and coincidences. However, for now, consider simple logistics: geology; oceanography; physical capacity and physics to highlight the impossibility of the biblical account of Exodus. Ignore all of the wives, children, animals and household goods that would have been part of the putative diaspora and just focus on the biblically recorded 600,000 male “slaves”. The account of Exodus implies these slaves were in one highly concentrated locale and mustered all escape logistics nearly overnight. Egypt has no records of a massive population of slaves, but the Old Testament alleges there was. The biblical assertion Egypt had large numbers of Jewish slaves would also suggest these slaves would have been widely distributed in many parts of Egypt. Without modern communication it is incredulous that a coordinated diaspora could have occurred in such rapid fashion as suggested in the bible. However, for the moment allow for the aggregation of 600,000 slaves in a concentrated area for the diaspora. The designated lane width on a U.S. Interstate highway is 12 feet X’s 2 or 24 feet. Reason says any roadway in Egypt at that time frame would be significantly less. But, assume a row of 10 slaves across (25 feet) and 60,000 total rows (600,000/10) separated by a yard that never varied due to narrow paths, obstructions, etc., this line would extend 102 miles (Increase that by a factor of 4 if families and animals are included). To get to the Red Sea point of the alleged crossing of the fleeing slaves, they would have needed to march approximately 800 miles with speed. The U.S. military trains physically fit soldiers to march at a rate of 3.4 mph. To travel 800 miles at that continuous optimum pace (no food, no sleep, no rest breaks) those in the Exodus would need 235 hours (6 days) for the first row to reach the crossing point of the Red Sea and an additional 347 hours for the last row to cross. The bible says the Chariots of the Egyptian Pharaoh overtook the Jews at the Red Sea and many in the diaspora allegedly panicked. They were purportedly assured by the biblically assumed Moses that god would save them and the myth of the parting of Red Sea became entrenched in Jewish and Christian religious lore. What is not pointed out in the bible is that the narrowest point of the Red Sea is approximately 18 miles across. Continuing the assumption these “slaves” matched the marching rate of modern trained soldiers, at the 10 across row, it would have taken the Exodus another 5+ hours to cross the Red Sea for the first row. At 102 miles for the 10 across column 600 long, the last row would have crossed 347 hours (15 days) later! Applying the dizzying logic of Christian apologists, we will assume “god” paved the floor of the Red Sea absolutely flat and dry to achieve optimum marching speed. (Remember, according to apologetic logic if something isn’t mentioned it could be true). In actuality, the sea bed at some points of the narrowest crossing of the Red Sea is hundreds of meters deep with steep cliffs and coral drop offs that would have been in the path of the fleeing Jews - definitely requiring far more than 352 hours for the entirety of the diaspora to cross! After an aggressive pursuit of the Jews to the edge of the Red Sea by the Pharaoh’s chariots, it is ludicrous to believe the Egyptians would then stop and wait at least 357+ 5 hours for the Jews to cross so that god could drown them and leave the Jews untouched! The Christian apologist “coulda’s” with obscure speculations and snippets of obtuse references fall definitively flat when only basic facts from the biblical account of the Jewish diaspora reveal its impossibility.

Yahweh was not god. Adam was Sumerian farmer. Judaism is very much a tribal religion.

@@jasonbell6234 Another shouter in the wood - how's the echo-chamber?

I am not a Biblical archaeologist. But from what I have heard the way to sum up Ron Wyatt is: unsubstantiated claims. That is not to say that all of his claims are false. Rather he has made claims that no one has really verified. Ron Wyatt has claimed to have found multiple archaelogical sites that evidence the mountain Moses received the ten commandments from God was located in Saudia Arabia instead of Sinai Egypt. Wyatt places the Red Sea crossing at the Gulf of Aqaba instead of the Gulf of Suez. I have visited the traditional Gulf of Suez (Red Sea) crossing as well as the traditional mountain in Egypt Moses received the commandments on. There is an old Monostary at the base of the traditional mountain. From what I have heard no one has really verified all of Wyatt's claims because Saudia Arabia's military will not allow archaeologist into the region. The claims Ron Wyatt has made about Noah's ark are likely true. From what I have heard there is archaeological evidence for the location of Sodom & Gomorrah. But I believe Wyatt overstated the evidence in his video. From what I have heard, Wyatt's claims about the ark of the covenant seem unlikely. That said there is huge evidence archaeologically for many of the things written about in the New and Old Testament. When I say huge amounts of evidence. I mean tons and tons of archaeological evidence. Historical locations, items found, writings found. There are historians from other countries that even document and verify some of the things both in the New & Old Testament of the Bible. For example King Sennacherib of Assyria 701 BC wrote down on a decorative stone how he had taken over all of Israel except Jerusalem. He mentions the Israelite King Hezekiah by name. And boasts of having Hezekiah trapped in Jerusalem like a bird in a cage. This matches up with what the Bible says happened. There have been many other good Biblical archaeologists besides Ron Wyatt.

Blah Blah Blah. So friggin' boring. When are people going to realize that apologetics NEVER compels anybody to trust in God or develop a deeper more loving devotion. The only one's interested in apologetics is already believing evangelicals. LOVE wins people to God's love... not persuasion. Besides, this evangelical "scholar" could be fiercely challenged by other scholarly archeologists. This is just fundamentalism in search of "reasons & answers" spun in their favor. There is not real intellectualism here, or actual spirituality - just christianISM.

@@newchristianity3895 Now you are trolling by copying and pasting. begone . demon!

Wait, is Jack leaving/retiring Prestonwood? I know he'd had some health issues of late.

@@goudagirl6095 No! He’s still there. The new pastor is an addition❤️

Dragons are in the Bible just a point

Dinosaurs obviously existed. We have the fossil records. As a Christian I have no quandary with it. We know that the earth existed for a long time before man.. how long we don’t know? I believe they were on the earth then.. Some dinosaurs (and pterosaurs) may indeed have been created in the fifth era listed in Genesis, when the Bible says that God made “flying creatures” and “great sea monsters.” Perhaps other types of dinosaurs were created in the sixth epoch. The vast array of dinosaurs with their huge appetites would have been appropriate considering the abundant vegetation that evidently existed in their time.

There’s more than enough evidence to support Christianity for anyone who approaches it with an open mind for sure. 🙂 It’s not just the theology, there are so many avenues open from archeology to supernatural phenomena to astronomy, biology, human biology, paleontology - it’s fantastic. The evidence speaks for itself. 😊🤷‍♀️ People of Christian faith don’t have to lift a finger at this point in time. 😄 If there any doubts, we can just take a look at the evidence and learn more to help affirm our faith. God bless!

Job has testified about animals with tails as big as tree trunks, there is no other animal like that unless it’s a dinosaur. Plus fossils.

And I think we know why dinosaurs are not here anymore, if everything was corrupted and now humans and animals fight each other and go from plant eating to flesh eating it’s evident why God chose to end the race of dinosaurs because they would most likely have caused humans to hide and not become as fruitful and technologically as advanced now.

Yea and the reason he gave to dismiss this was very cheesy come on oh they would be in every museum around. Like you say not anything left but coral formations left now .I don't trust this guy.

Right....its already been said that if the artifacts are excavated from the Red Sea, then Egypt will claim them as their property and probably destroy them !

This author obviously just wants to sell his books and will deny anything that takes attention away from his book sales. Evil, just evil.

Just to let you know; there is no such thing as "the Bible". There have been multiple Christian bibles/canons throughout history and none of them match each other nor has one ever been demonstrated to be authoritative. And btw, I'm speaking of different versions with differing content within, not different translations.

@@nonprogrediestregredi1711 The Bible has been proven correct, inspired and perfectly preserve. Follow the proof.

@@ashemgold WHICH ONE are you even arguing for? Did you not understand my comment?

You have to accept Jesus as you Lord to be Christian. Some people take the bible literally. Many do not.

@@susanfudge1737 people That do not believe the Word of God are not Christian.

If anything (which it isn’t) it would just prove something about the Old Testament, not the new.

You have a real issue with people who actually know what happened in the past through research but you think its totally legit to believe the bible no matter how many contradictions, inaccuracies, and falsehoods that are contained within it. That's funny as fuck dude. Archaeologists have the consensus that there is little to no evidence for *any* claims in the bible. Learn some archaeology.

@@MrTheclevercatIf you claim so, can you quote what are the contradictions, inaccuracies etc

@@MrTheclevercat I don't think there's any doubt that archeological discoveries support at least SOME of the historical claims of the Bible, particularly the New Testament. Even if I were an atheist, there would be no doubt that there's some archeological support for the Bible.

@@MrTheclevercat how do you know that what you have been taught about history is even remotely accurate? You are only allowed the preferred narrative. Look into it. Seriously. You won’t be the same.

@@christincommon5496 I guess everything I know could be a lie. Why am I supposed to think that it is though?

Someone scratched a message on a block of limestone that read To the Divine Augusti [this] Tiberieum ...Pontius Pilate ...prefect of Judea ...has dedicated [this] Actual proof of Jesus? Keep looking.

@@JamesRichardWiley It’s sad your energy isn’t put in a better direction. You comment over and over with negatives. Something in a Bible tripped you up and now you’re on a bitter tirade. But you’re free to engage in your religion of unbelief as we are in our religion of belief. 🙃

Yeah the guy tell us the archeological discoveries of Ronald Wyatt are fake , which is a lie they are true . so he is denying true archeology for the bible . why? just because thoses archeological discoveries have not been published in the medias and newspapers publically that's what he said at 41:45 . amazing! he's telling you to denie proof for the bible if it's not in the medias and newspaper (cnn bbc The Washington Post, the guardian ext...) So if the proof for christianity are not published in the medias and newspapers that are controlled by new world order corporations then we must reject the proof for our own religion? and you support this? listen at 41:45 of this video

I don't see much truth. Just man made stories that can't be tested for accuracy or synchronize with reality.

@@JamesRichardWiley You should hang out with Bible believers and check out a few miracles. I've seen huge numbers of miracles and have been attacked viciously because of it, oh, just like in the Bible. God gives millions per day on the earth, but those that choose to be blind to them say what you're going to say next.

@@JamesRichardWiley In most human disciplines there is a certain level of uncertainty. this is especially true in history formation. So our historical reality is partially formed based on assumptions. Based on the data you have and the presuppositions you have, your reality is formed. So for now we will have to hope that the evidence and data can be openly examined so that we can have some higher level of confidence in our beliefs and even then it will not be possible to say with total certainty that we know the truth. since new hypotheses can always be created based on the data we have. btw, i do not need this data in order to beliave in God, but i hope this data allow other people know the true.

@@JamesRichardWileyright. Because millions of people are willing to be and have been martyred for a lie that someone made up. When Holy Spirit indwells a person, it is a game changer. You are a spirit living in a body, sir. When you die, your spirit leaves the shell of your body but it lives on, either with God or forever separated from God (in hell). We are in a major spiritual battle, in case you hadn’t noticed. It’s going to get progressively worse until the end of the world is at hand. Jesus is coming back for those who belong to Him. The enemies of God will be destroyed. We all have a choice. Choose wisely. God doesn’t need your approval or permission to judge a wicked world, and judge it He will. The good news is that He made a way for you to escape that judgment by sending Jesus Christ to reconcile us back to God. This world is fallen and full of wickedness and sin, but you can be free. God responds to all who seek Him with a sincere heart.

Check out Ron Wyatt … his explorations have resulted in many great finds

@@djrevelino Actually not. Massive fraud rejected by Christian organizations and his own denomination. Con artist until the died.

This author obviously just wants to sell his books and will deny anything that takes attention away from his book sales. Evil, just evil.

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Museums recover and preserve fragile marine artifacts, even encased in coral, all the time. Further, the slowest growing corals still grow at a rate of about 1 cm a year. A thirty-three hundred year-old-wheel that was encased in coral would have growth about 70 feet thick surrounding it, and be unrecognizable as a wheel. The picture of a "wheel" circulated by apologists is not a wheel at all. It's just ordinary coral.

It's also illegal to remove coral from the Red Sea.

@@justcruisin81 Close. It's illegal to remove coral from the Red Sea without appropriate permissions. With them, it can be removed.

@@f.arduini355 The evidence will be available for the world to see when God's appointed time has come. 🙏🏽

This author obviously just wants to sell his books and will deny anything that takes attention away from his book sales.

You aren't getting real archaeology here. This is the equivalent to creationists saying that evolution is wrong, the Earth is young, etc. That's how far away "christian archaeology" is from "archaeology."

I really I dont understand why it matters, if you beleive it's all divinely inspired anyway. That's where faith takes over and facts go out the window. You'll never find evidence to confirm that God gave instructions or inspiration. And faith isn't being put in a God, but in the men who claimed "he" spoke to them for the purpose of leading their people. The big three religions born from the old testament all fight to control that same narrative of what "God said". Even amongst themselves. Jesus never wrote a single word of the new testament, so how could establishing who the author really was add anything to the authenticity of the story told about him? The bible as we know it wasn't created in the time of Jesus. We know that as a fact. The christian bible came almost 300 years after it. Authentication of early Christian history only establishes that the story of Jesus existed in that time. The fact is that it was spread by Roman Democracy while trying to conquer lands that belong to the hebrews and since then Democracy and Christianity have spread as one. Personally I think Christian's should learn more about their own history. It matters.

Continued faith based on belief for an event easily disproven is delusion. If you were to rationally examine the claims of Exodus and apply skeptical questions, the authorship would indeed not matter for whomever might have penned the story was presenting a mythology not a factual event. Ask these questions: • How many male slaves were supposedly involved in the diaspora of Exodus according to the bible? • How many additional wives, children, elderly, other family plus animals were there? • What is the distance from the alleged point of disembarkation to the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • What speed are physically fit U.S. soldiers trained to march at? • What is the designated width for a single lane on a U.S. Interstate highway? • What is the width of the oldest known paved road that was found in Egypt? • What is the average shoulder width of a male? • What would the width of a row of 10 males be, given 6 inches of separation of each shoulder between row members? • Assuming a row of 10 across, separated by one yard per row, how many miles would a column of 600,000 male slaves extend? • Assuming an average of 3 additional members in the families of each male slave, how much additional length would be added to the diaspora column? • Assuming two domestic animals per household that would fit into the 10 row across scenario, how much additional length would be added to the column? • At the marching rate of a U.S. soldier, without sleep, rest periods and no stops for meals, how long would it take for the first row to reach the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • The last row? • What is the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • Is the current Red Sea bottom shallow and smooth from shore to shore? • What effect would mud have on marching speed from a recently parted sea on a column of 60,000 rows assuming no other physical barriers? • Assuming no barriers or muddy conditions how long would it take for the first row to cross the narrowest point of the Red Sea? • The last row? • If, as the bible indicates, the Egyptian chariots caught up to the Jews at the Red Sea, how long would the Egyptians then have to miraculously wait for the last row of Jews to begin crossing the Red Sea so that the "lord" could drown them?

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@@justcruisin81 Wyatt is a hack charlatan eschewed even by Answers in Genesis. His "discoveries" have either been disabused or they lack any evidence to be evaluated by other archaeologists. His claims regarding Exodus have been abjectly rejected by archaeology and basic logistics and math.

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